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Liberal comedian Bill Maher calls Democrats’ ‘defund the police’ message ‘f**king stupid’
LIBERAL comedian Bill Maher has called the Democrats' 'defund the police' message "f**king stupid".
Maher opened his monologue Friday night critiquing the 'Defund the Police' message being embraced by protesters across the country in the wake of the death of
Maher mocked the president first over his conspiracy tweet about the 75-year-old Buffalo protester who was pushed by police and fell and cracked his head on the sidewalk.
At the time Trump said the elderly man "fell harder than he was pushed" and asked "could it be a set up?"
Maher joked: “Are we sure it was even the cops? It could have been Joe Scarborough.”
He went on to say that “liberals want to take police money — police funds — and divert it to community service,” which he said sounds like a good idea.
But he wasn't too impressed with the slogan behind the idea.
They’re calling it ‘Defund the Police' ... That is so Democrats for you. They must have meetings to be this f****g stupid about politics.
Bill Maher
“They’re calling it ‘Defund the Police,’ which sounds bad!" he laughed.
";That is so Democrats for you. They must have meetings to be this f****g stupid about politics.
"'Hey, guys, we’re making some headway here, um, how can we turn this into something that makes people have to vote for Trump?'
"Should we divert funds? Yes. But not defund."
Later, in his panel discussion, Maher again reiterated that “it’s a terrible way to put it” and said he’s worried Democrats “are wandering into another purity test” about “how much you want to get rid of police altogether.”
On Friday, the Minneapolis City Council voted to and replace it with a community-led model.
The council unanimously passed a resolution to pursue a community-led public safety system in the wake of .
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Maher hosted the talk show Politically Incorrect on Comedy Central before it moved to ABC, and aired between 1993 and 2002.
The comedian now hosts Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO.
Maher has previously said on his show
Last month, activist and actress Rose McGowan claimed that \ Maher whispered about his “huge c**k” in her ear while appearing on a show he hosted in the 1990s.
, 46, she remembers she was “so excited to be on” his show to “get to flex my mind instead of my face.”
"I was on your show Politically Incorrect in the late 90s- as the show returned from a commercial break, you leaned over to me & whispered in my hear, 'my parents didn't give me a good face, but they did give me a huge c**k,'" McGowan wrote.
"I could feel your hot breath on my ear as an image of both your hideous face & alleged big c**k flashed in my mind.”
The actress said: “Both turned my stomach. I've always wondered what you say & do to the girls that aren't famous?”
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